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sydjaeharbert's review against another edition
2.0
I was really expecting a lot more music interjected poems based on the description and although I think Mort has fantastic prose this collection just fell flat for me.
jackie_woelfel's review against another edition
3.0
This book called me stupid then laughed in my face. But when I did understand it, it was excellent. However, I mostly felt stupid.
dillarhonda's review against another edition
Many of the poems in Valzhyna Mort’s collection Music for the Dead and Resurrected are experientially akin to watching someone break a major bone in front of you. Their visceral honesty and unflinching gaze demand that the reader contend with the horrors of life in Soviet Belarus. Her use of repetition can become hypnotic, snaring the reader in a web of Mort’s making. Under the blank stares of elder relatives, children in her poems explore a world they don’t quite realize has been devastated before their time. Violence in Mort’s work is as atmospheric as the drifting radiation from Chernobyl. With too many dead to count, Mort’s catechismic and hallucinogenic pieces create a ritual of grieving imbued with an unsinkable optimism.
ellaferrero's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
beautiful, mystical, feels like an unwrapping. very strange, very wonderful, very bruised.
andreapetita's review against another edition
5.0
ESPECTACULAR
Uns poemes molt potents, tots. Estic molt agraïda a l'Andrea del passat que va comprar-lo quan encara no s'havia publicat i que em va arribar farà cosa d'un mes, de sorpresa. De veritat que són uns poemes realment bonics i l'imaginari que crea és cru i bonic alhora.
Uns poemes molt potents, tots. Estic molt agraïda a l'Andrea del passat que va comprar-lo quan encara no s'havia publicat i que em va arribar farà cosa d'un mes, de sorpresa. De veritat que són uns poemes realment bonics i l'imaginari que crea és cru i bonic alhora.